On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 19:04:50 GMT, Wayne > wrote:


>> Dog3 wrote:

>> The Halsted Street Fair is this weekend in Chicago. It's always a big
>> deal, the nabe is packed (about a half mil usually show up for it,
>> Halsted St. is closed from Belmont to Addison). It's the closest
>> Chicawgo gets to a NOLA party vibe....

I left Chicago in 1980, and worked at Halsted and Addison st.
That was not the best of neighborhoods at that time. I am don't know
of the Street Fair. Would you know when the Fair started?
Pan Ohco